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Governor Kathy Hochul today signed legislation into law to establish another method of tracking veteran suicides in order to compile more accurate data regarding those suicides to better inform prevention strategies.  "Veterans risk their lives to keep us safe, yet too many -- like my uncles who served in Vietnam -- aren't given the welcome home that they and thousands of other veterans deserve," Governor Hochul said. "This legislation will ensure New York has accurate data to help us care for these heroes, allowing us to work on preventative strategies for early intervention and help all those who served in uniform." 

Multiple concussions appear to disrupt the brain's default mode network (DMN), which could increase the risk of long-term cognitive disruption, according to a new study presented at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2021 Annual Meeting.

Virtual reality (VR) heading could make football safer

This week, Congress is poised to pass a law designed to give service members like Caserta better access to mental health evaluations and treatment.

The word trauma has been so overused that it can sound meaningless. Yet there are profound effects on the body and mind following exposure to traumatic events.

"There certainly will be kids with" post-traumatic stress disorder. "It impacts everyone differently, depending on your past experiences and your own coping mechanisms and your own psychology" said psychologist Jillian Peterson.

From brain fog to migraines to even stroke-like symptoms, neurologists say they are seeing a number of longer-lasting neurological symptoms in patients diagnosed with COVID-19.

A growing body of research into PTSD and service animals paved the way for President Joe Biden to sign into law the Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) for Veterans Therapy Act.

"They always seem to find a way through ... they do find a way to navigate and to shift." Jenna Butler's book, Revery: A Year of Bees, is based on her experience as a trauma-survivor tending to bees. 

According to the Brain Injury Alliance of Nebraska, most concussions can be resolved within a month if they are immediately managed properly.

CTE — chronic traumatic encephalopathy — is a degenerative brain disease found in many former professional football and hockey players, for whom blows to the head have long been part of the job. As awareness of CTE has grown, so has a thriving market of dubious remedies marketed to everyday people who believe they are suffering from CTE — a disease that can't even be diagnosed until after death, through an autopsy of the brain.

A new study funded by the National Football League finds the odds of having a stroke are much higher for former players with 10 or more concussions.